Team-Reward Fit: Examining the Interaction Effects of Reward Target and Self-Construal on Conflict, Identity, Satisfaction, and Performance

In the present research, we examined cross-cultural generalizability of the roles of anxiety and intergenerational contact in age-based stereotype threat (ABST). To this end, we conducted studies in France (individualistic culture) and Indonesia (collectivistic culture). In the main study, elderly participants in France and in Indonesia completed the Digit Span task that was presented as memory (high-threat) or cognitive strategy task (low-threat). Using the bootstrapping method, we found that, in both countries, stereotype threat led to lowered performance among the elderly who had little or no contact with the young. Those with positive contacts, on the other hand, showed no performance decrement under high (vs. low) threat. Highlighting the importance of culture, performance anxiety mediates the effects of threat on the performance of the French elderly, versus intergroup anxiety for the Indonesians. Self-construal (independent vs. interdependent) associated with cultural orientation (individualistic vs. collectivistic) was proposed to explain the cultural difference in the type of anxiety as a mediator. This not only leads to suggestions for future research but also for possible real-life intervention strategies.

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Effect of some factors on championship results and performance in Hucul horses

Annals of Animal Science ◽

10.1515/aoas-2017-0031 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 209-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jadwiga Topczewska ◽

Wanda Krupa

Keyword(s):

Performance Assessment ◽

Interaction Effects ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

Study Material ◽

Male Line ◽

And Performance ◽

The One ◽

The Impact ◽

One Way Anova

Abstract The objective of the study was to determine the effects of some factors on the breeding and performance championship results of Hucul horses. The study material were results of the national finals of the breeding and performance championships for Hucul horses held during 2009-2015. These included breeding champion, the Hucul path as well as the endurance-condition tests. The one-way ANOVA and GLM procedure (multivariate ANOVA with interaction effects) were employed to estimate the impact of the analysed variables on the results of the breeding and performance assessment. The current results were, for the Hucul path and endurance-condition tests, significantly lower than for 2013. Individuals that were held in the foothills and mountain areas attained significantly higher scores at the breeding and performance championships. Strong impacts of breeding environment on levels of inbreeding were only observed in cases where the scores in respect of horse movement were at walk (η2p=0.13; P=0.04), trot (η2p=0.17; P=0.003) and the results for Hucul path (η2p=0.18, P=0.002). By far the strongest impact on the assessment for type (η2p=0.36, P=0.000) and conformation (η2p=0.32, P=0.006) was exercised by the interaction of age with male line and breeding environment, but in case of rating for movement at walk and trot, it was for the interaction of age with inbreeding and the breeding environment, namely η2p=0.31, P=0.04; η2p=0.33, P=0.01 respectively. Dependencies between components of assessment for Hucul horses were correlated at low and medium levels.

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